UPDATE 22 JAN 2021: A Microsoft representative has confirmed to Eurogamer the UK Xbox Live Gold price hike: One month goes up from £6.99 to £7.99. Three months goes up from £17.99 to £21.99. And six months goes up from £29.99 to £42.99. This means 12 months of Xbox Live Gold now costs £86. You can currently get 12 months for £49.99. ORIGINAL STORY 22 JAN 2021: Microsoft has announced a price hike for Xbox Live Gold....
Some of the games in the list below are already out on PC (Art of Rally, for example), and some we already knew were set to launch into Xbox Game Pass at launch (Narita Boy, for example). But there are 15 additions here, including the just-announced Nobody Saves the World, so it’s well worth shining a light on what’s coming down the content pipe. Art of the Rally - Funselektor Labs Inc....
This investigation will allow the company to decide whether or not Microsoft’s deal to purchase Activision Blizzard could be deemed anti-competitive. “As with all merger reviews, this investigation will consider whether the deal could harm competition and lead to worse outcomes for consumers – for example, through higher prices, lower quality, or reduced choice,” the CMA said today (via GamesIndustry.biz). The CMA has set itself the deadline of 1st September to come to its conclusion about the upcoming deal between Microsoft and Activision Blizzard....
Unfortunately, Misdreavus and its evolution Mismagius are both woeful in Go Battle League and battling in raids, meaning that this is going to be a woeful Spotlight Hour for the world of Pokémon Go, especially after the excitement that was last week’s Haunter Spotlight Hour. However, if you’re still missing the a shiny or the 4* perfect Pokémon, this is your chance to try to find one, while also grinding the Candy and Candy XL you’ll need to max out your Pokémon....
As well as the weapon model itself, sounds, animations, and customisability have all been ported over from MW2. The end result is a group of weapons that feel incredibly realistic in a game where weapon feel isn’t a strong point. Current weapons available to download are the M4 assault rifle and Signal 50 sniper rifle, with plans to add more down the line. Keeping with Fallout’s lore, the military-grade weapons can be found in a locked armoury room at Fort Hagen or can be crafted with the right materials (you can also obtain it through console commands… but that’s cheating)....
In fact, at the time of writing, 10,292,969 players have already flocked to the IP riddled smash fest (via tracker.gg). Meanwhile, there are currently 42,133 players thrashing and crashing their way through the game on Steam. We already knew the game was doing well, but this is quite the debut. Perhaps its appearance at Evo 2022 has bolstered the game’s profile even further. If you are yet to have a go at battling out against the likes of Bugs Bunny and Harley Quinn for yourself, here is what Donlan had to say about the game: “I spent five minutes with MultiVersus over the weekend, which turned into ten minutes and then an hour and then the best part of a morning....
The patch notes for this update detail various hitbox overhaul changes and Gizmo’s debut to Warner Bros.’ Smash-like brawler. What has caught most people’s attention, however, is the news that Velma of Scooby-Doo fame will no longer be calling the police on her opponents. With this new patch, she will instead now call on her fellow Scooby gang to send her foes packing. In fact, they will be driven off by the Mystery Machine....
We’ve gone back to a few real gems, so for more catch-up reviews like this one head to the Games That Got Away hub, where all our pieces from the series will be rounded up in one convenient place. Enjoy! As the ski lift crests the hill, I see them. Dozens and dozens of them, poking up stiffly from the snow, rigid and unmoving. Heads hanging low, rifles buttressed against their left shoulders, I don’t know if these soldiers are alive or dead....
London, October 2011. Thousands are crowded into the Hammersmith Apollo, one of the city’s most famous theatrical venues, to hear a concert of music commemorating the 25th anniversary of The Legend of Zelda. It’s an emotional night. Host Zelda Williams recalls how much the series she was named after meant to her growing up, and her voice audibly cracks at the memory. As Koji Kondo plays a delicate piano solo of Grandma’s Theme from The Wind Waker, grown men can be seen dabbing their eyes....
My Friend Peppa Pig’s PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X and S upgrades are now available for free, and they make last year’s family-friendly hit game really pop. Look! There’s an actual My Friend Peppa Pig next-gen upgrade trailer below: PS5 enhancements include DualSense controller and activity card support, faster loading times and, get this: a quality mode that lets you run the game at a native 4K resolution. If you don’t fancy that, you can try Peppa in performance mode, which runs the game at 60fps and 1080p resolution....
I thought about the Yank in the Luftwaffe for the first time in about twenty years the other day, when loading up Nauticrawl: 20,000 Atmospheres on my iPhone, where it’s just come out. Nauticrawl is, I gather, a narrative roguelike about escaping from some awful society. None of that matters, though, because what it’s really about for your first few minutes is trying to do that escaping when faced with a wall of terrifying dials....
City of Ghosts introduces a second, fully voiced campaign that serves as a direct sequel to the the main game, once again following protagonist Rania as she zips around the striking open-world metropolis of Nivalis in her trusty flying HOVA. Canine companion Camus is also along for the ride, but this time Rani is joined by a second hero - deadbeat gambler Hayse - with players switching between the pair’s interlinking stories as City of Ghosts unfolds....
Writing in an internal email, excerpts of which were posted by Axios, Bowser acknowledged the various reports which have surfaced over the past weeks “about alleged working conditions at Nintendo”. He continue: “Like many of you, the executive leadership team and I find many of these points troubling, and we are closely reviewing the content.” Bowser’s comments are aimed at previous reports by IGN and Kotaku which included comments from various current and former contract workers at Nintendo....
The practice was previously commonplace pre-Covid, and frequently prompted outpourings of excitement at major Nintendo game reveals. Well, as we know, yesterday’s Nintendo Direct had plenty of those - and the assembled group of fans reacted as well as you might expect to word of Pikmin 4, Fire Emblem Engage, and the name for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom. Perhaps surprisingly, the biggest reaction of the afternoon seems to have come from the reveal of the Kirby’s Return to Dream Land Deluxe, a remake of a Wii platformer....
The news (as spotted by Nintendo Life) comes via a small service status update on the support page of Nintendo’s Russian website. A Google translated version of the statement reads, “Due to the fact that the payment service used in Nintendo eShop has suspended the processing of payments in rubles, Nintendo eShop in Russia is temporarily placed into maintenance mode.” “We apologise for any inconvenience caused,” Nintendo concludes, noting it will “share updates as the situation develops....
The widgets, which display information about upcoming stages, player progression, and more, can be added to a device’s home screen for easier access. The information can also be viewed in Splatnet 3, a complementary online service to Splatoon 3 which was made available through the Switch Online app at the game’s launch. The latest update for the app now includes widgets which can be used to check your battle logs, upcoming stage schedules, your Splatnet photo album, and what gear you’ve currently got equipped....
Figuring out hot to get Antimatter, and likewise where to find the Antimatter recipe a little further down the line, are going to be essential steps in your quest for interstellar travel, so here on this page we’ll explain everything you need to know about the sci-fi staple. Please note that our No Man’s Sky guides are in the process of being updated after the launch of No Man’s Sky BEYOND - for now, this page may still have plenty of useful info, but bear in mind it’s due a refresh!...
Discovering and defeating Bombirdier is required as part of the Path of Legends storyline - and is our recommended opening Titan Pokémon to face in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet. Regardless of whatever order you tackle them, you’ll want to know more about the Open Sky Titan location, as well as Bombirdier weaknesses - especially if you are approaching underleveled. On this page: Open Sky Titan recommended level It’s recommended you have a team level in the early to mid 20s before you take on the Open Sky Titan....
As servers suffered for the third consecutive day since the shooter launched on 1st April - with some still reporting issues even today - players are now calling for a “proper post-mortem” to explain “what went wrong and lessons learnt”. In a quote tweet shared on the official Outriders Twitter account, the community team said it would “absolutely” look into sharing the lessons learned with players. “We’re still continually working through it all, but we’re hoping to in the near future share more specific details about what’s going on and what we’ve been doing about it,” the statement said....
To celebrate, a colourful, psychedelic music video has been released for a new theme song: “We are PAC-MAN!” It’s sung by Kaho Kidoguchi in Japanese and English, and Ann Una in Chinese. “The song aims at promoting people cooperating and connecting together to live a healthy lifestyle,” reads a press release. You can watch the video below. Then, on Friday 27th May, Pac-Man Museum+ will be released. It features 14 different classic and modern Pac-Man games and will be available on Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation and Xbox (including Game Pass)....
